Editing York (section)

===Football===
[[File:York's new stadium (geograph 6866365).jpg|thumb|York Community Stadium|200x200px]]

The city's [[association football]] team is [[York City F.C.|York City]] who are competing in the {{English football updater|YorkCity}} as of the 2023–24 season. York have played as high as the [[Football League Second Division|old Second Division]] but are best known for their 'giant killing' status in cup competitions, having reached the [[FA Cup]] semi-final in [[1954–55 FA Cup|1955]] and beaten [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]] 3–0 during the 1995–96 [[Football League Cup|League Cup]]. Their matches are played at the [[York Community Stadium]] as of 2021,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.yorkcityfootballclub.co.uk/club/visit-us|title=Visit Us|website=York City Football Club|access-date=6 September 2021|archive-date=23 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210923154027/https://www.yorkcityfootballclub.co.uk/club/visit-us/|url-status=live}}</ref> having previously played at [[Bootham Crescent]] since 1932. The most notable footballers to come from York in recent years are [[Lucy Staniforth]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/22841597|title=Lucy Staniforth: Bristol Academy midfielder wants new deal|work=BBC Sport|date=11 July 2013|access-date=4 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180104143426/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/22841597|archive-date=4 January 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> [[2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup|Under-20 World Cup]] winning captain [[Lewis Cook (footballer, born 1997)|Lewis Cook]]<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/sport/15346161.York__39_s_World_Cup_winning_captain_Lewis_Cook_has_right_ingredients_to_make_it_to_the_top_says_ex_Minstermen_mentor/|title=York's World Cup-winning captain Lewis Cook has right ingredients to make it to the top says ex-Minstermen mentor|publisher=York Press|date=14 June 2017|access-date=4 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171114041027/http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/sport/15346161.York__39_s_World_Cup_winning_captain_Lewis_Cook_has_right_ingredients_to_make_it_to_the_top_says_ex_Minstermen_mentor/|archive-date=14 November 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> and former [[England national football team|England]] manager [[Steve McClaren]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.millthorpeschool.co.uk/school/expupils/nunthorpe.php|title=Millthorpe School – Steve McClaren – Nunthorpe Grammar School|publisher=Millthorpe School|access-date=19 July 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080905224408/http://www.millthorpeschool.co.uk/school/expupils/nunthorpe.php|archive-date=5 September 2008}}</ref>

York also has a strong [[rugby league]] history. York FC, later known as [[York Wasps]], formed in 1868, were one of the oldest rugby league clubs in the country but the effects of a move to the out of town [[Huntington Stadium]], poor results and falling attendances led to their bankruptcy in 2002.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_league/1882617.stm |title=York lose survival fight |work=[[BBC Sport]] |date=20 March 2002 |access-date=15 June 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030223210638/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_league/1882617.stm |archive-date=23 February 2003 |url-status=live}}</ref> The supporters formed a new club, [[York City Knights]], who played at the same stadium until 2015 when they moved to [[Bootham Crescent]]. In 2021, they moved to [[York Community Stadium]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://yorkcityknights.com/reports/promising-signs-knights-lner-community-stadium-debut/|title=Promising signs for the Knights in LNER Community Stadium debut: Thursday 11th March – pre-season|website=York City Knights|date=15 March 2021|access-date=28 September 2022|archive-date=28 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220928144023/https://yorkcityknights.com/reports/promising-signs-knights-lner-community-stadium-debut/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2022, the club was renamed York RLFC<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.yorkrlfc.com/post/riseup |title=#RiseUp |website=York RLFC |date=18 October 2022 |access-date=27 July 2023 |archive-date=2 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231002213929/https://www.yorkrlfc.com/post/riseup |url-status=live}}</ref> and {{As of|2023|lc=y}} the men's team (York Knights) play in The [[Championship (rugby league)|Championship]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.yorkrlfc.com/knights-fixtures |title=Knights Fixtures |website=York RLFC |access-date=27 July 2023 |archive-date=27 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230727103542/https://www.yorkrlfc.com/knights-fixtures |url-status=live}}</ref> and the women's team ([[York Valkyrie]]) play in the [[RFL Women's Super League|Super League]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.yorkrlfc.com/valkyrie-fixtures |title=Valkyrie Fixtures |website=York RLFC |access-date=27 July 2023 |archive-date=27 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230727102040/https://www.yorkrlfc.com/valkyrie-fixtures |url-status=live}}</ref> There are three amateur rugby league teams in York; New Earswick All Blacks (in [[New Earswick]]), [[York Acorn A.R.L.F.C.|York Acorn]] and [[Heworth A.R.L.F.C.|Heworth]]. [[York International 9s]] was an annual [[rugby league nines]] tournament which took place in York between 2002 and 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.yorkfestivals.com/metadot/index.pl?iid=3982|title=York International Rugby 9s|publisher=York City of Festivals|year=2005|access-date=20 July 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718142553/http://www.yorkfestivals.com/metadot/index.pl?iid=3982|archive-date=18 July 2011}}
</ref> Amateur side [[York Lokomotive]] compete in the [[Rugby League Conference]].{{citation needed|date=February 2020}}